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National Basketball Association (NBA) History. The National Basketball Association (NBA) History. The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America. It adopted the name National Basketball Association in the fall of 1949 after adding several teams from the rival National Basketball League (NBL).
In 1976 the NBA absorbed four teams from the American Basketball Association (ABA), which disbanded that year. By the early 1980s the NBA was plagued by money-losing franchises, low attendance, declining television ratings, and limited national appeal. The league soon rebounded under the leadership of David Stern, NBA commissioner from 1984, who helped transform it into an international entertainment company.